The Carousel Aware Prize for the best independently published books in Ireland will be announced on Tuesday the 25th of October 2016.
Booker prizewinner Roddy Doyle is our most famous example of an author who once self-published their work and with technological advances, the way is now open for more authors to choose this alternative path to publication.
Judges include best-selling authors, Jax Miller, Louise Phillips and Claire Hennessey, as well as Books Ireland editor Tony Canavan and Carolann Copland, independent author and founder of the Cap Awards.
Says Carolann, “Self-publishing has changed the face of publishing as we know it and we think Ireland could do with a little nudge to help it along.” The author of Summer Triangle and Scarred believes that “there is a natural and complementary link between writing and mental health,” and she is delighted that submission fees for the awards are going to support Aware, the mental health organisation.
Jax Miller, author of 2015 international bestseller Freedom’s Child, says, “As an author who has struggled with depression for years, I am thrilled to combine my passion for reading and writing with such a good cause that’s personal to my own story and the stories of so many I know.”
The winning entries will be announced on Tuesday the 25th of October in The Teacher’s Club in Parnell Square at 7pm.
Dubray Books and Easons, sponsors of the awards, will stock the winning titles nationwide.
Read the short list and book to attend at http://writingcap.ie/
Short Lists for The Carousel Aware Prize for Independent Authors
(The CAP Awards 2016)
BEST JUNIOR BOOK
To be judged by Carolann Copland and the children of St. Colmcille’s Junior National School, Knocklyon, Dublin
Fiona Buckley Better Than Gold
Dolores Keaveney The Scary Spider
Aisli Madden Zenji and the Muzzy Bug
SP McArdle The Red Letter Day
Caroline Twomey The Dream Catcher
BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK
To be judged by Claire Hennessy
Siobhán Davis Saven Deception
Drew Darkwood Link
Brian Kirk The Rising Son
Alan Murphy Prometheus Unplugged!
Brendan O’ Connell Death’s New Lease on Life
BEST SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY
To be judged by Louise Phillips
Kathryn Crowley Sweaters and Small Stuff
Kevin Doyle Do You Like Oranges?
Annmarie Miles The Long & The Short of it
BEST NON FICTION
To be judged by Tony Canavan
Corina Duyn Into The Light
Sharyn Hayden I Forgot to Take My Pill
Lorna Sixsmith How to be a Perfect Farm Wife
Michael Turlow The Marley Man
Fiona Van Dokku From the Inside – Raising,Teaching
and Loving an Autistic Child
BEST NOVEL
To be judged by Jax Miller
Thomas Paul Burgess White Church, Black Mountain
James Lawless American Doll
Pam Lecky The Bowes Inheritance
Neil Rochford The Blue Ridge Project
Orna Ross Her Secret Rose